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[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown] (Item)

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after the Freedom 7 splashdown, May 5, 1961. The Freedom 7 capsule is visible in the water below.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard seated in Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch] (Item)

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard seated in the Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

[Launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), May 5, 1961] (Item)

Photograph of the launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

[Alan B. Shepard and Freedom 7 capsule aboard USS Lake Champlain] (Item)

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard and the Freedom 7 capsule aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7 capsule] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) recovering the Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, 1961.

[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter delivering Freedom 7 capsule to USS Lake Champlain] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) delivering the Freedom 7 capsule to the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

[Servicemen gathered around Freedom 7 capsule, USS Lake Champlain] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen gathered around the Freedom 7 capsule, USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

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